By AZARIA FAREEN THE Government is empowering women entrepreneurs and Maraia Matatea was fortunate enough to be one of the grant recipients able to start their venture – Inter Youth Football Academy (IYFA). “I am so thankful to the Government for providing us...
By NANISE NEIMILA RISHAV Lal has gained a new lease of life after completing his last round of chemotherapy in April last year. The 8-year-old, Year 2 student of Indira Gandhi Memorial Primary School is now a happy and healthy boy after being diagnosed in 2016 of...
By NANISE NEIMILA A few months after Filipe Baleitavuki was born, his mother Vinaina Tadulala noticed that his pupil- the centre of the iris- was dilated. Remembering the traumatic experience, Mrs Tadulala shared that after a few months, one afternoon she noticed that...
AZARIA FAREEN The high hopes with which our ancestors left India for Fiji turned into turmoil, sacrifice, abuse and broken dreams as they were absorbed into the Girmit era between 1879 and 1916. This was relayed by a second-generation descendant of a Girmitiya, Sheo...
In 1971 a school teacher originally from Waciwaci, Lakeba was posted to the Matuatabu Primary School in Ogea, and along with him went his 19-year-old daughter Sulueti. Alas, for Sulueti that innocent jaunt to Ogea became a lifetime affair when she fell in love with...
ILISAPECI TUIVALE“This is a great moment for both European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Government of Fiji as this marks an important milestone in our EU-Fiji partnership.” “It is indeed a sign of confidence and trust placed by EIB in the future of our country and...
